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Saturday 14 December 2013

Cash - Closing Status 13 December

Intended to increase Tee International 5 lots in this week under Cash portfolio but ended up with sell order input error.  So on the same day, l have added 6 lots of it with 5 lots of it to cover the oversold position which resulted in nett loss of $33.  l did not use my (previous) existing 19 lots holding to cover this so-called oversold position because it was not suppose to be a sell order in the first place so it's better to make a hard record of it for this mistake.  Despite keeping reminding myself to be extra careful, this mistake still making a comeback to haunt me time and again.   Total holding in it now at 20 lots.  Tee Intl delivered mix financial results for 1Q2014; revenue +ve 24% driven by ongoing and completed engineering projects and profit -ve 62% due to higher administrative expenses and higher opex.  Higher administrative expenses was due to one off bonus payment to employees and higher staff costs and headcount in line with its business and operations expansion.  Giving extra bonuses is a good thing to do as it motivates employees which is in recognition of their hard works.  Higher opex due to unrealized forex losses that resulted from the depreciation of the MYR against the SGD.  It is in net cash used at the moment mainly due to cash received from receivables net off payment to trade payables, interest and income tax expenses and decrease in development properties.  Its chief executive & managing director, Mr Phua has 51% shareholding in Tee Intl as shown in the 2013 annual report so one can be well assured that he will run this company with very much more care and growing it at the same time.  Recently, it has signed an MOU with Loxley Public Company, a public company listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand to explore opportunities in renewable energy business and related activities in the Indochina region - Myanmar, Laos DPR, Vietnam, Thailand and Cambodia.  

Made a $25 donation to The Community Justice Centre in this week.

Added GRP Ltd 5 lots in this week under Cash portfolio; total holding in it now at 39 lots.  For its 2013 financial results, revenue -2.3% mainly due to lower non recurring projects completed in last year for its Measuring Instrument segment which also impacted profit.  Profit -30.3%.  Lower other income due to one time gain for the disposal of its China subsidiary in 2012.   It recently did a rights cum warrants issue for the required funding to develop and manage properties in Myanmar.  The rights cum warrants issue was 157.8% subscribed.  Also, this blog has an interesting read on GRP :- http://reaching4financialfreedom.blogspot.sg/2013/12/52-week-low-stocks-29-nov13-cheung-woh.html and also, http://sillyinvestor.wordpress.com/2013/12/02/grp-one-of-the-weirdest-company-i-have-seen

Re-invested into Duty Free 6 lots in this week under Cash portfolio but have divested it all away in the same week for $81 nett gain.  For its 2Q2014 financial results, revenue -1.3%, profit -65.5%.  Profit lowered mainly due to decrease in revenue, higher net foreign exchange loss and rental of premises of RM5.9 mil and RM 3.0 mil respectively.  To improve operational efficiency, it recently completed an internal reorganization exercise and disposal of its shareholding in its so called Border Town and airport businesses and Down Town businesses.     

Added Far East Hospitality Trust 1 lot so l have total holding 8 lots in it now.  In its 3Q2013 financial results, NPI -9.4% versus forecast, income available for distribution -7.4% versus forecast, DPU -7.8% versus forecast.  The operating environment remained challenging due to higher than expected price competition from the new supply of hotels and tight corporate budget.  The stronger SGD resulted in fewer bookings from key tourist markets, Indonesia and Malaysia. The acquisition of Rendezvous Grand Hotel Singapore and Rendezvous Gallery was completed on 1 August 2013; and has been repositioned as an art-inspired hotel. To address the competition in the mid-tier/upscale hospitality sector, it will focus on revenue management, growing the corporate segment and driving more direct bookings on its own website to improve yields.  On capital management, it has fixed the interest rate for all term loans maturing beyond 2016. This represents 62% of the total loan portfolio and will result in an expected composite interest cost of 2.3% per annum in the fourth quarter.  It plans to upgrade approximately 10% of the hotel rooms and serviced residence units in the portfolio in the next 12 months.

Re-invested into Sabana Reit 1 lot in this week.  Per its recent 3Q2013 financial results,  NPI +4.6%, income available for distribution +3.7%, DPU +1.7%.  Its Friday closing price at $1.035 is already below its end Qtr 3 NAV of $1.08.  Its new purchase high-tech industrial building in Chai Chee Lane will increase its income stream even though it has 50% vacancy.  Of the 5 master leases expired on 25 Nov, it renewed 1 master lease and took over direct management of 4 other properties.   Lease expiring in 2014 is at 8.7% of (3Q2013) gross revenue.   As of end Qtr 3,  its gearing was quite high at 37.5%;  about 97% of its total debt was at fixed rates and this reduces the impact of fluctuations in profit rates on the distributable income.  In mid-Nov'13 it secured a new 3-year revolving loan called Commodity Murabaha Facility of up to S$48.0 mil.

Invested into Soilbuild Reit 1 lot in this week.   Its 3Q2013 financial results has exceeded the forecast set out in its IPO prospectus, with most of the key drivers to the result performing better than expectation.  Revenue, property expenses and finance costs all recorded positive variances and contributed to an overall outperformance on the distributable income line.  Its share price as of this Friday at $0.75 is current below its NAV as of end Sept'13 of $0.80.  Earliest debt maturity is in year 2015 are equally spread out over three years (2015-2017).  Occupancy rate 99.8%.

Added Cache Logistics Trust 1 lots in this week under Cash portfolio; total holding in it now at 3 lots.  In its recent 3Q2013 financial results;  DPU slightly lowered by 0.8% due to higher number of issued units.  NPI higher by 8.5% for 3Q2013.  Property expenses gone up 27.7% from Qtr 2 to Qtr 3 due to one off reversal of expense accrual in Qtr 2.   As of end Qtr 3, its NAV was valued at $0.97 but Mr Market believes that it is worth more with its Friday closing price at $1.075.  No debt re-financing requirement till 2015.  70% debts hedged by way of fixed interest rate swaps.  Its $375 mil secured term loan (includes $62 mil undrawn) are well spread out across 19 international banks.   Continued to maintain a portfolio occupancy at 100% in 3Q2013.  No lease expiry renewal risk for the remaining months of 2013.  And only 3% of total GFA lease to be renewed in year 2014.  Over 85% of GFA taken up by MNCs and government entities.
 
Portfolio walk since previous posting :-

+$1,964 Total Returns as of 6 December

+$48 Nett Gain on sales of Tee Intl, Duty Free

-$995 Unrealised positions worsened

+$1,017 Total Returns as of 13 December

Previous posting :- Cash - Closing Status 6 Dec

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